Action Comics #399
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead!", Superman is transported to the 24th century as part of a futuristic history lesson, only to confront a startling revelation about his own origins—whether he's the original Kryptonian or a duplicate created after the first Superman's demise. Written by Leo Dorfman and brought to life with Curt Swan's iconic art and Murphy Anderson's precise inks, this landmark issue explores identity and legacy in a way that redefines the Man of Steel’s place in the multiverse. The cover by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano captures the tension of a hero facing his own mortality.
In "Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead!", Superman is transported to the 24th century as part of a futuristic history lesson, where he confronts the unsettling possibility that he might not be the original Kryptonian hero—but a second duplicate created after the first Superman's death. Upon returning to his own time, he realizes his journey may have taken him to a future Earth from a different dimension, leaving him to question his true origin.
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Reprinted in Stålmannen #15/1971 (1971), Supermann #11/1971 (1971), Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] (1971), MV Comix #14/1972 (1972), Superman Annual #1 (1973), Superboy #7/1976 (1976), The Best of DC #12 (1981), Superman Taschenbuch #38 (1982), Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] (1983), The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn] (1995), DC Finest: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] (2025)
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